Tucana People Analytics Podcast | Insights & Interviews From The World Of Human Resources

Max Blumberg talks with Uri Gal, Associate Professor for Information Systems at the University of Sydney. The push to use data and analytics to drive decision-making in HR - as in the wider business - continues apace around the world. To varying degrees of advancement and success, human instinct continues to give ground to algorithms in guiding business strategy. As a sociologist as well as an analyst, Uri talks with Max about what he sees as the potential pitfalls along the seemingly inexorable data-driven journey: The major assumptions behind People Analytics, and how valid these assumptions really are The dangers involving bias, and whether analytics is a help or a hindrance in overcoming it Ethical issues involved in People Analytics - privacy, employee isolation and the mechanised workforce Practical issues - the impact on managerial skills, innovation and worker motivation. A provocative conversation that challenges a lot of the mainstream thought in this area. Please leave your comments below - join